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Rayvio and Boston University Expand UV LED Research to Combat Vitamin D Deficiency Disorders
Aug 1, 2016Health and hygiene company RayVio Corp of Haywood, CA, USA, which is commercializing deep-ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and consumer disinfection solutions, is expanding a research program with Boston University to develop new treatments for ...
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"Very Hot Drinks Possibly Carcinogenic"
Jun 30, 2016The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said drinking very hot liquids could cause cancer but added no conclusive evidence showed that coffee is probably carcinogenic. Based on limited data which have shown a positive links ...
Tags: Hot Drinks, Cancer
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Very Hot Beverages Probably Carcinogenic to Humans
Jun 23, 2016An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
Tags: very hot beverages, oesophagus, cancer
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FSANZ Calls for Submissions on Chemical Migration From Food Packaging
Jun 21, 2016Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
Tags: chemical migration, ESBO
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TCM Unleashes Hidden Potential
Dec 8, 2015Eighty-four-year-old Tu Youyou arrived in Sweden on Friday to collect China's first Nobel Prize in medicine for creating an anti-malarial drug that saved millions of people across the world. Half a century ago, the pharmacologist derived ...
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Cancer Diagnostics to Drive Coherence Tomography Market Growth
Nov 5, 2015The emergence of applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiology and gastroenterology will help drive the market for clinical optical imaging to $2 billion by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new market report from the ...
Tags: Cancer Diagnostics, optical technologies, ultrasound technologies
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UK Scientists Find Method to Produce Natural Compounds in GM Tomatoes to Help Combat Ailments
Oct 30, 2015UK scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have found a new way of producing enormous quantities of natural compounds efficiently by growing them in tomatoes. These compounds are believed to help in combating life-threatening ...
Tags: Natural Compounds, GM Tomatoes
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CNG Vehicles Emission Poses Cancer Hazard, Says Indian Study
Aug 10, 2015The emissions from compressed natural gas (CNG)-run buses have the potential for causing cancers in human beings due to the presence of ‘nanocarbon’ particles. This has been revealed by a study conducted by Council of ...
Tags: CNG Vehicles, natural gas
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World Health Day 2015 Emphasizes Food Safety
Apr 8, 2015World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
Tags: food safety, Food production, Food
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EPA Updates Community
Feb 2, 2015On February 4, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss how a new scientific study about a previously unknown contaminant relates to the ongoing cleanup at the Reich Farm Superfund site in Toms ...
Tags: groundwater treatment system, drinking water, Agriculture
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Indonesia Win Right to Seek a Ruling by WTO on Australia's Tobacco Plain-Packaging Laws
Oct 21, 2014In March this year, Indonesia won the right to seek a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. The WTO's disputes settlement body agreed to set up an independent panel of trade and legal ...
Tags: Packaging Laws
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Electronic Cigarettes Are Devices Worth Trying
Oct 21, 2014Electronic cigarettes are devices worth trying in the fight against tobacco smoking. Smoking tobacco cigarette is the foremost preventable cause of death in the US and is accountable for about 500,000 deaths every year. Habit Hard To Give ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes
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The FDA Has Approved a Non-Invasive Test for Colorectal Cancer
Aug 15, 2014People over 50, rejoice! The FDA has approved a non-invasive test for colorectal cancer, and it may not take years to obtain. Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist David Ahlquist co-invented the test, Cologuard, which detects the presence of ...
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For These Lawmakers,Ecig Taxes Might Seem Such a Profitable Venture
Jun 9, 2014Critics of electronic cigarettes have been making efforts to prove that the devices are just like the harmful traditional cigarettes. Choosing to believe these allegations rather than basing decisions according to scientific data and ...
